VPN service, software, and several gifts (clothes, decals, jewelry). Surprising none of the things I got were marked up at all. In fact I got an additional discount on the jewelry that I bought since I used BTC (I think the seller wanted some BTC really).

VPN service yesterday so we don't have to watch the annoying NBC "coverage" of the Olympics! Don't get me wrong. I am female and I like heartwarming stories about the athletes but lately I feel like there is very little sports to watch.

1. A DVD drive2. Payments to those who've worked damn hard to figure out mining issues3. Paid for online roulette on 22, black, even, 2nd 1/3rd ... and it HIT.

I honestly understand the "this-is-an-investment-I'll-never-spend-these-coins" people out there -- but unless you're willing to help adoption and foster the currency as a, ya know, ACTUAL currency, you're missing out. Do I hope to get lots of $$$ out of BTC? Sure. But I'm much, much more interested in BTC as a new world changing currency and network than I am if I can "get rich quick".

I made 2 very nice aluminum rigs for my friends out here and requested they pay me in LTC or BTC. But they wouldn't. They simply would not do it. Their thinking was that if they paid me (and this was just today) 4 LTC, so about $80, for their open rigs and in 6 months LTC hits $50, they just paid $200 for an open rig ... NO, NO, NO, NO. You paid $80 for it. That's how currency works. It's value is set to whatever the hell it is RIGHT NOW. Speculation and hoping for that big swing in the spot price is just that: wishing. If you are going to change your BTC for actual, real, physical goods, then it's worth is only as good as the price you're willing to pay RIGHT. NOW.

My issue is that if they're unwilling to actually use the currency as such, then where is their faith that it has real value? We know its a REAL currency now, that debate is over; I just don't think it's helping the widespread use and inherent value of crypto currencies if you're unwilling to spend them.